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Garnier tissue masks

April 02, 2017

Sheet face masks are that thing you never thought you needed until you see all the hype around them. They aren't anything new and innovative really, but here in Croatia they were harder to find (at least I didn't saw that many of them in drugstores). The first ones that got popular here are the Garnier Tissue masks. They come in three versions: Moisture + Aqua Bomb (the blue one), Moisture + Freshness (the green one) and Moisture + Comfort (the pink one). And of course, I tried all of them.

If you don't know what sheet masks are, they are actually a cloth tissues in a shape of a face, with openings for eyes, mouth and nose, and they are soaked with all the good ingredients. You are suppose to "wear" them for 15 minutes. Garnier says that one sheet mask is equivalent of one week of hydrating serum. So, I used one every week or so. Sometimes even week and a half. The thing that got me confused is the fact that on the back of each mask it says that it was tested on women that applied it three times in one week. You can clearly see that it is different from what it says on the front - one mask is enough for one week of hydrating serum, in concentration. Then why would I have to use it every two to three days?

The
first one I tried is the pink one just because this word "comfort" was
calling my name. On that day the skin on my face was feeling extra
tight, uncomfortable and itchy because of allergies. So I needed that
something that will bring back that comfort to the skin.

Garnier
says that it is great for hydrating and soothing the feeling of
tightness of the skin. Great, that is exactly what I needed. It has a
chamomile extract, hyaluronic acid and hydrating serum. It is good for
dry and sensitive skin.

This
mask has the lightest scent of them all, a bit powdery, reminds me of a
baby wipes. After using it my redness and irritation was still there,
it didn't soothe the tightness or anything like it promised to do.
Actually, it didn't do anything to my skin. Even all that moisture from
the serum disappeared in 5 minutes but the skin didn't feel moisturized.
I had to apply the moisturizer.

This
one should hydrate the skin intensively, refresh and tighten the pores.
It has a green tea extract, hyaluronic acid and hydrating serum. It is
good for normal to combination skin.

Out
of them all, this one has my favorite scent. A mild one, not too over
powering, but like artificial green tea. After using it, my skin feels
tacky and after the serum sinks in, the skin is less dewy that after
using the pink mask. But - it isn't fresher nor are the pores less
visible. When it got on the skin closer to my eyes, I felt tingling sensation that went away in a few minute. Masks or any skin product like this shouldn't be doing that. I also had to use moisturizer.

After
two fails, I didn't expect much from the last mask. After few hours
spent under the spring sun (with SPF), my skin looked dry and I had red
patches on my face so I decided it would be a perfect time to try the
blue mask. I needed an aqua bomb indeed.

This
mask is suppose to hydrate intensively, replump the skin and boost
radiance. It has extract of grenade, also hyaluronic acid and hydration
serum like those two before. It is good for dehydrated skin.

I
have to admit that this mask has a bit unpleasent scent. It is not
gross or anything, but I personally don't like it. After using the mask I
didn't see any difference in m skin, but after the serum soaked into
the skin my skin was dewy just like after the pink mask, but this time I
didn't feel the need to apply the moisturizer. But, after half an hour
to an hour I felt that my skin needs extra moisture so I applied the
moisturizer. I used the same one I used after previous two masks, just
to make the testing more relevant and results to be more accurate duting
testing al of them. After 9h I noticed that my t-zone started to get a
bit shiny (which for me happens only during the summer and after wearing
makeup for 8+ hours) and that the rest of my face was dewy, unlike
after trying previous two masks. Which means it did something, but
nothing like my favorite moisturizing mask does for my skin (I wrote
about it here.

The one thing all of them have in common is that about 20 minutes after application I feel that the skin is tighter and I can feel that there is something on my skin that is all dried up. Also, when I would go over the skin, there is a greasy slippery residue on the fingers that I don't like.

All of them are soaked in the serum that has a gel like consistency, which sinks into the skin pretty fast and leaves the skin feeling tacky for the next few minutes. The tissues are pretty soaked with that serum so after I would take the tissue off, there is lot of it so I would massage it into the face and also the neck, chest area, hands... Everywhere, hoping it would do something. And they didn't do much.